Friday, May 9, 2014
Weekend breakfast blogging 3 Green omlette
Eggs, olive oil, herbs, onions, spinach, pepper, wonderful focassia bread, and not to forget, a ripe juicy papaya...Well, Im not penning the lyrics of These are a few of my favourite things-Part deux !
These were the ingredients of our Sunday morning breakfast today. I love fritattas- the way they look like a pizza when they come out of the oven- all topped with cheesy goodness. Also because one can eat them either hot or cold, and at any time of the day.
Since I have a small sized oven into which my regular saucepans cant fit, I can only make a stuffed omlette-kinda, non-baked version of the fritatta.
Update: We do get a super range of breads in Bombay nowadays-whole wheat, multigrain, focassia, ciabatta, stuffed with sun dried tomatoes and olives- you name it we get it.
There is this cafe thats opened in the new Juhu Shoppers Stop. Yes, Shoppers is coming up with an attached cafe at many of its branches. These cafes serve a wide range of Indian and world coffees, a variety of sumptous sandwiches, thin crust pizzas, pastas,crepes, tiramisus, biscottis, must mention their blueberry cheesecake. Ooooh ! I can already feel the calorie count zooming!!
Talking about the bread, they sell freshly baked bread in all the varieties that i mentioned earlier. I do have some beautiful pictures of Cafe Brio (courtesy my friend Manoj) which I shall upload in my next post.
Getting back to my Weekend Breakfast Blogging # 3, its Breakfast for 2- Green Omlette with Focassia bread and sliced papaya.
Ingredients for the Green Omlette:
3 eggs
1/3 cup-chopped spinach
1 medium sized onion-sliced
5-6 green pitted olives
1 jalapeno / green chilli - sliced(if you like the spicy kick)
1 tsp mixed dried herbs ( I used oregano and basil )
3-4 Fresh basil leaves-torn
3 cloves garlic-finely chopped (you can use fresh green garlic leaves instead)
freshly ground black pepper
2 T milk
salt to taste
1 T Olive oil
Method:
Heat the oil on a non-stick pan. Add the garlic, onions, spinach with a pinch of salt. Saute for 2 min, until spinach wilts and onions soften. Remove onto a plate and cool.
In a bowl, break 3 eggs. Add milk, salt, herbs, freshly ground black pepper, jalapeno, olives. Beat well. To this, add the sauted spinach-onions. Beat some more.
Keep a 9" non-stick pan on medium flame. Coat the pan with some olive oil. Pour the beaten egg mixture to the pan. Slightly move around the mixture, so that the liquidy part fills the gaps. Keep doing this until the omlette starts solidifying. Reduce the flame, and cover with a lid for 30 seconds. The omlette will fluff up considerably and the lower side would have turned golden.
Flip it over carefully and cook the other side until golden brown too. Once done, remove onto a plate immediately. Serve warm with toasted bread and fruit.
Note:
You can use any of the bell peppers, sun dried tomatoes, roasted pepper in this recipe. I would generally use only the whites but being a Sunday, i decided to give the health-freak in me, a holiday too!
Friday, March 14, 2014
Raw foods diet 3 top reasons for a raw food to eat
There are many important benefits gained are by you a raw food diet. Not least of which skin, a slimmer waist and increased energy is healthier-levels.
Raw foods give you more energy
I dont know anyone, a minimum 80%-raw-diet eating not far more energy than the average person, comprising fully cooked and over-processed foods diet eats.
I noticed that since I moved away from a diet of bread, dairy products and cooked food and began my journey shot a raw diet, my own energy, like a rocket.
You this not to spike energy espresso would confuse or some of these so-called energy-drinks, but instead I experienced non-nervous and maintain permanent type of energy you up your game through the day.
Roh-and nutrient-rich food - full of energy
There are several reasons why raw-diet recipe s give you more energy.
Raw foods have not cooked many important enzymes, food. Enzymes are important for almost every metabolic and digestive healing process in the human body. If you destroy the majority of food at temperatures above 118 degrees Fahrenheit cooking, you the enzymes that are present in all natural foods.
Therefore a diet consisting mostly cooked or frozen food that not enough importance always produces enzymes which means, of the own body properly digest his own use must make the food.
The more the energy your body needs use to break down the food, the less can be for your other activities.
Are by cooking or boiling food in the microwave, the filtered important nutrients and enzymes of ingredients in water or destroyed and made unusable by the microwave.
Unwanted weight and a healthy skin shedding
An additional highly sought-after quality one raw-are diet recipe s, to make it easier to shed extra pounds and beautify your skin. A large percentage of people who uncooked food to go diet that have found a significant weight loss and a revival of skins elasticity and youthful appearance.
Uncooked foods are dried also included much more water than the typical and over-processed foods to eat the most people on a daily basis. To stay properly hydrated is the most important aspect of promoting proper digestion and keep skin looking young people.
As you can see there are many benefits to switching to a raw food diet. Raw food diet recipes that are easy to prepare and to find healthier than cooked counterparts, go to http://www.eRawFoodDietRecipes.com.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
3 Magic food for smart heart health
A healthy lifestyle is important, good health, to improve the quality of your life and stay healthy. Todays lifestyle spells hurry and worry. You are always committed to meet the deadlines and to keep up with the fast pace of life always things in a hurry. You can improve your health despite a frenzied lifestyle with these few helpful heart friendly recipe proposals.
Take a look at this heart healthy recipes which in preventive medicine improve the quality of your life play a role.
A refreshing heart healthy tea recipe: a piece of fresh ginger lemon grass, brown sugar and a bag of green tea to cook. Cool and serve over crushed ice. Improves digestion, cures cold and cough, divine taste. Flax powder: 1 cup of flaxseeds over medium flame stirring continuously burn frying to avoid. As soon as it injects you remove roasted flax seed and to keep aside. In the same pan, half teaspoon oil heat, add 2-3 cloves of garlic, a handful of Sesame, about 12-15, dried Curry leaves. (You can the Curry dry leaves but microwaving you for 30 seconds). Add chili powder and salt to taste. Add contents of pan, roasted flax seed, chili powder and salt in the blender. Mix to fine powder. Using this flaxseed powder as a garnish on salads you use to taste to food, food with pancakes, added or in sandwiches. The idea is about 1 tablespoon consume this daily powder. Flax has fiber and Omega 3 fats the heart-vascular protection and has numerous health benefits. Soya: Detailedfat-ted Soyflour, soya chunks, soy milk, soy Nuggets are the various forms in which the soy proteins can be used. 20 Grams of soy protein consumed everyday life is particularly beneficial in controlling high blood pressure, triglycerides, reduce high cholesterol levels. Soy has so several heart healthy benefits. Green tea, linseed and soy are the top three magic food, the kindness of heart protective flavonoid compounds, Omega - 3 fat-s and isoflavones or to deliver. It is important that these three power foods to integrate into your daily diet with regular exercise. Be creative and think of many ways for heart healthy living to complete takes.
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Pallavi writes health and wellness articles for a number of websites and international journals. Nutrition is a consultant and health cures writer who leads with natural related information on aromatherapy, yoga, home remedies, nutrition, massage and more.